Funding of nonprofit newspapers began to takeoff around 2016, although nonprofit news has existed for decades. The new revenue model of creating news reports from gifts has raised questions about the ethics of producing news from donations. “The ethics of taking grants from foundations and gifts from donors to produce news is still evolving and […]
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Stephanie Townsend Allala is Owed an Apology
All those that argued that Stephanie Townsend Allala’s quest for government transparency was wrong owe her an apology. This is especially true of the El Paso Times masquerading as a newspaper who did not understand that allowing the Steve Ortega’s of the world to hide government records through legal subterfuge goes against the very fabric […]
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Another Cover Up Example – Open Records Hypocrisy
In the last two days I have demonstrated to you how a cover up is underway to protect certain individuals. A cover up requires an outlet to distract you by focusing your attention on one of the issues to keep you from asking the important questions. As you know, the El Paso Times has been […]
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Taxpayers Paying $22 million for Political Favors
Many of you know that yesterday, KVIA’s Maria Garcia reported on an email she uncovered via an open records request about the delay of the sale of the ballpark bonds. KVIA has also reported that the delay in the sales of the ballpark bonds has cost you, the taxpayer, about $22 million in additional fees […]
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Texas Supreme Court Declines to Review Townsend Allala Case
Yesterday, Stephanie Townsend Allala sent out a news release advising that the Texas Supreme Court denied her petition to review her open records case. On August 1, 2014, the Texas Court of Appeals of the Third District rendered a judgment refusing to give Stephanie Townsend Allala the opportunity to determine whether the City had, in […]
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The Veronica Escobar and Ali Razavi Political Hit List
Many times commenters on my blog like to point out that blogs do not have the power to move votes from one candidate to another. They believe that blogs have little influence over the electorate. They are right to an extent. Blogs, by themselves, do not have the influence to motivate voters one way or […]
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Attorney, Former Television and Radio Personalities Provide Consulting for Politicians
Last week I received a tip from a reader that wishes to remain anonymous. The reader shared with me information about a new consulting group offering consulting services to political candidates. According to the reader, Hector Montes and Stephanie Townsend Allala are providing consulting services to some candidates in the upcoming election in May. The […]
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Bob Moore’s Complicity Exposed Again with MPO
Editor’s note: I had meant to conclude the four part series on the Culture of Corruption this morning however, it is important that I point out the complicity of the El Paso Times along with useful idiot Jaime Abeytia in regards to Claudia Ordaz’ attempt at managing her public relations persona via the MPO issue. […]
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The Culture of Corruption: Dana Pittard
I have written numerous times how there permeates a culture of corruption within El Paso. Most of you are familiar with the numerous government officials that plead guilty or were convicted under the Poisoned Pawns operation by the FBI. I have also tried to explain that corruption is not simply exchanging money for favoritism. Corruption […]
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A Quick Note on the Blog Schedule for Today, Friday and Monday
There are many things going on in the political realm that I want to comment about on my blog. They range from the El Paso Children’s Hospital’s ongoing debacle, the upcoming elections and even the hygiene of people around the world, as well as terrorism. To accommodate the various issues I want to discuss I […]
